At the beginning of the 2009 season the Angels mission was to stay afloat until their rotation returned healthy. For the most part the Halos have played that part to near perfection. Saturday in Detroit Kelvim Escobar made his first MLB start since 2007 completing the Angels vaunted starting rotation. Mike Scioscia can now throw out Lackey, Saunders, Santana, Weaver, and Escobar as his starting...

For the Angels it has been a brutal start to the 2009 season. Not only has this club had to deal with the tragic passing of Nick Adenhart but to top it off three starting pitchers have been out and Vladimir Guerrerro has been watching from the bench for the past two weeks. Really anything that could have gone wrong has. The Angels bullpen a undeniable strength last season has made an early seas...